Reviving a Yiddish Masterpiece: A Conversation on Sons and Daughters
Join translator Rose Waldman and AJU’s Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson as they explore Chaim Grade’s Sons and Daughters, now available in its long-awaited English translation. Praised by Elie Wiesel as “one of the greatest contemporary Yiddish novelists,” Grade’s novel captures the decline of traditional Jewish life in 1930s Poland and Lithuania. Discover this literary treasure and the enduring legacy of Yiddish culture in this engaging conversation. Purchase the book here.
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Rose Waldman is the translator of S. An-sky’s Pioneers: The First Breach and I. L. Peretz’s Married. She is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Yiddish Book Center.
Rabbi Dr Bradley Shavit Artson (www.bradartson.com) holds the Abner and Roslyn Goldstine Dean’s Chair of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies and is Vice President of American Jewish University in Los Angeles. Rabbi Artson has long been a passionate advocate for social justice, human dignity, diversity and inclusion. He wrote a book on Jewish teachings on war, peace and nuclear annihilation in the late 80s, became a leading voice advocating for GLBT marriage and ordination in the 90s, and has published and spoken widely on environmental ethics, special needs inclusion, racial and economic justice, cultural and religious dialogue and cooperation, and working for a just and secure peace for Israel and the Middle East. A member of the Philosophy Department, he is particularly interested in theology, ethics, and the integration of science and religion. He mentors Camp Ramah in California in Ojai and Ramah of Northern California in the Bay Area. He is also dean of the Zacharias Frankel College in Potsdam, Germany, ordaining Conservative rabbis for Europe. A frequent contributor for the Huffington Post, the Times of Israel, and a Contributing Writer for the Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, he has a public figure Facebook page with over 70,000 likes. Rabbi Artson is the author of 12 books and over 250 articles, most recently Renewing the Process of Creation: A Jewish Integration of Science and Spirit. Married to Elana Artson, they are the proud parents of twins, Jacob and Shira.
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